Reel



June 9, 1925-. 1,540,785

A. LATITIAM REEL Filed Nov. 6, 1919 Patented June 9, 1925. I

UNITED STATES "nnsrnnnn 00., or AUGUSTA, MAINE, A1 oonroanrrou or. MAIN-E.

' Applicationlfiled November 6, 1919. ser al 1a.;33a042;

Tdall whom it may mm.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT LATIIAM, a

citizen of the United States, residing at 1 Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain I mprovements in Reels, of which thefollowmg description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is'a specification, like reference characters on thed 'awing's incheating like parts in 'theseveral; figures.

' This invention'irelates to reels, it more particularly concerning devices of this character adapted for packingior' shipment or other handling, such articles as fasteners mounted upon a strip, as illustrated in the. Patent No. 1,1 17382, issued July 20, 1915,

a a William 1a. Elliott.

1 intermediate periods.

YObjects of the invention are to provide a a reel which will add little to the cost of the package, will Well protect the contained articles, and will permit them to be utilised closing portion, which may be in the formof' a ring at the periphery of the reel, held to the head, by a depressionwhich receives the edge of an inclined portionof the head,

This arrangement facilitates the assembling and disassembling ofthe p-arts,.while hold: ing them firmly in the formation of the package. "j

A further feature lies in a novel, arrange ment of thesepartble head co-operating providing a cover having a flange to with the peripheral enclosing portion which is mounted upon the fixed headQsaidhead and enclosing, portion provided with means for 1 preventing their sepairation'i This completes the qreel structure, which thus.- may readily be built up from inexpensive material tofully enclose thecontent's, I have herein shown this separable head as outside the peripheryof thering' V Preferably, the enextend Still another feature of the invention in volves a' flexible securing member attached tooneofthe elements ofthe reel andfCO operating with the othersin anovel manner to maintain them -assembled. [Witha reel .60

includingaseparable head and aperipheral ALBERT LATHAM, on BEVERL-Y, MASSACHUSETTS, Assreivon TO AMERICAN Burrow &

enclosing portion, as already outlined, the

securing means holds the head uponthe;

enclosing portion. In illustrating m in vent1on,'I have disclosed'a'corewith fixed? and separable heads and a peripheral ring, there being a cord securedf'to the sep arable head, this cord passing'over'the ring and fixed .head and being attached to means carried by the separable'head. Thisfur nishes} an exceedingly simple and eflective me' ans 1 for releas ably holding the elementsgin ass ciati n.

the accompanying drawing, illustrating a a one ofvarious embodlments'of my invent10n,'- 1

Fig. "1 shows the reel in brokenperspec i tive;'and

Fig. 2 is a similar view disclosing steps 'in the assembling and disassembling ofthe ele- A central body or core 10, which may be; of Wood, has'a main cylindrical portion at its center, andreduced end portions 12, 12 alined with oneanother axially and situated concentrically with reference to the main portion. A tthe'axis ofthe core is an'open ing 14, the purpose of'whioh, will later appear; Contacting with' one end of the core, and with the portion 12 at this extremity extending through anaxial opening in it, is a head16, preferably of some such material as pasteboard, fixed to the'eIid, wall "of the core by tacks 18 or otherconvenient means.

The diameter of this head is such that it willlser ve to-retain'in place upon the core,

by contact with its edge, amounting strip ,M, having spaced along 7 it such fasteners or other objects as buttonsB"assembled cwith staples .S, this strip being wound: upon the core in acoil' of suitable length. The'inner end of the strip M may be' fastened tothe core by insertionin a transverse slot 20 in the circumference of the mam portlon. The

outer edge 22 of the head'16, over a relative-. ly narrow area, is inclined atan angle, say

of aboutf15 degrees, to the general plane of the head. This edge is adapted for engagementfwith and'retention by a circumferential'groove 24., which may be V-shaped in cross-section, formed at the inside and near one edge of a ring 26.- This ringisprefen ably of pasteboard and is substantially equal in width to the length of the body portion of the core. Over the free edge 28 of the ring fits the flange 30 of a separable head or cover 32,- which may also be of pasteboard. At the center of the cover is an opening, through which the portion 12 at this end of the core passes. The cover rests against the extremity of the bodyof the core, coming v the head 16 and diametrically opposite side of the. ring and flange to av second disk, 38, placed upon the cover similarly to the disk 34: but at the opposite. side of the axis. Aboutthese disks the cord may be wound to retain itin engagement with the elements of thereel, yet permitting it to be easily disengaged. To hold the cord against displacement circumferentially of the r,eel,it passes through ;'opposite I depressions 4Q, 40 in theedge of the ring 26 outside the groove 24. These depressions are preferably of such depth that they extend into proximity with the inclined edge 22 of the head 16. hen so related, the cord aidsthe frictional engagement between theedge of the disk and the groove 24 in preventing separation of the ring and this, head 16. v V

Fig.2 of the drawing may be considered to illustrate conditions attending both the preparation and utilization of the package including my improved reel. The core 10 with its fixed head 16 is mounted upon the spindle A of a winding machine, abutting against a shoulder thereon. Against the opposite side'of the core a temporary head removed.

H is held by a nut C threaded upon a reduced end portion of the spindle. Thus arranged, the complete coil is formed upon these portions of the reel; and the head H The ring isnow placed about the coil and forced in the direction of the'short arrow until the inclined edge 22 of the fixed head is seated in thegroove 243. This en'- gagement is facilitated by the lnclination of theedge, which permits it to yield inwai'dly. so that the diameter of the head is reduced for admission to the groove Movement of disengagment, however,is resisted by the tendency of the inclined edge to expand when pressure in theopposite direction is p'utupon-it. The cover 32 may now be slipped over the ring and these elements secured to each other and to the head 16 by the contents.

ing its free extremity beneath the disk 38. In this form, the package may be shipped and will endure rough handling to any extent short of. crushing it, without injury to hen the fasteners are to be used, as at an attaching machine,'the cord is freed, the cover removed, and, with the reel with the head H fixed in place upon the spindle of the machine, the bottom of the ring 26, as viewed in Fig. 2, is pressed in the direction of the long arrow at the left of the figure, this causing the inclined edge 22 to easily slide inwardly through the ring,

it being deflected toward the axis for move-' ment in this direction. When the ring is nearly or quite freed from the head at the bottom, the opposite or upper side may be swungdown, as indicated by the long arrows at the topfand right of the figure, and removed from the reel at the bottom. ,The stripis now ready for unwinding to allow the buttons carried thereby to be used.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is 4 g l. A reel comprising a body constructe and arranged to receive material wound upon it and having means to receive a wind ing spindle, ,a head carried by and fixed against movement on the body and an enclosing portion separably mounted upon the head.

2. A reel comprising a core, a head secured thereto, and a ring having a depression to separably receive the head, said de pression having generally V-shaped walls surrounding and converging outwardly from the cored 3. A reel comprising a core, a head secured thereto,'and a ring having a depression to receive the head, said depression and head being arranged to facilitate their cooperation upon assembling movement in one direction and to resist their separation by movement in the opposite direction.

4. A reel comprising a core, a head secure'dthereto and provided with an inclined edge, and a ring having a depression to receive said edge.

5. A reel comprising a core,'a headsecured thereto and provided with an outwardly inclined edge, and a ring having a depression to receive said edge. 6. A reel com rising a core having at its ends reduced portions, ahead surrounding a reduced portion andfixed against movement with respect to the end of'the core, a ring mounted on theedge of the fixed head and extending toward the opposite reduoedportion, and a head surrounding said opposite reduced portion of the core and held thereby against radial movement, said head hav ing a flange extending over the ring.

7. A reelcomprising a core, a head fixed drawing about them the cord 36*and securto the core, aperipheral ring carried by the head to receive the cord, and means carried fixed head, a head separably mounted upon the ring, a cord secured to the separable head and arranged to pass about the ring and fixed head, there being means provided upon the ring to retain the cord, and means carried by the separable head to which the cord may be attached. 7

8. A reel comprising a core, a head fixed to the core, a peripheral ring carried by the fixed head, a head separably mounted upon the ring, a cordsecured to the separable head and arranged to pass about the ring and fixed head, there being a depression in the edge of the ring adjacent to the fixed by the separable head to which the cord may be attached.

9. A reel comprising a core, a head fixed to the core, a peripheral ring carried by the fixed head, a head separably mounted upon the ring, a cord secured to the separable head and arranged to pass about the ring and fixed head, there being'a depression in i the edge of the ring extending into proximity with the fixed head to receive the cord,

and means carried by the separable head to -Which the cord may be attached.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT LATHAM. 

